Revealed: The 100 World’s Most Valuable Footballers

AccordingtoCIES Football Observatory, Lionel Messi is the world’s most expensive player with a tag of £163million while his Barceloba teammate, Neymar is close on his heels at £155million. Predictably, C Ronaldo is not too far behind in third place at £106million while Antoine Griezmann and Tottenham striker Harry Kane make up the top five on the hundred-strong list.

The values of the players are based on several different variables including age, length of current contract and potential suitors. All 100 players in the list are employed by clubs in Europe’s top five leagues – Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

The likes of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic do not feature on the list because of their age at 30 and 34 respectively. See the full list below.